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Celecoxib - Astellas Pharma/Pfizer

Drug Profile

Celecoxib - Astellas Pharma/Pfizer

Alternative Names: Celebra; Celebrex; Celecox; Niflam; Onsenal; SC-58635; YM-177

Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023

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At a glance

  • Originator Pfizer
  • Developer Astellas Pharma; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Department of Veterans Affairs; Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine; Linkoping University Hospital; Pfizer; Swedish Lung Cancer Study Group; University Clinic Golnik; University of Connecticut; Zydus Cadila
  • Class Antimigraines; Antineoplastics; Antipyretics; Antirheumatics; Non-opioid analgesics; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories; Pyrazoles; Small molecules; Sulfonamides
  • Mechanism of Action Cyclo-oxygenase 2 inhibitors
  • Orphan Drug Status

    Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.

    Yes - Familial adenomatous polyposis
  • New Molecular Entity Yes

Highest Development Phases

  • Marketed Acute pain; Ankylosing spondylitis; Back pain; Cervicobrachial syndrome; Dental pain; Dysmenorrhoea; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Osteoarthritis; Pain; Periarthritis; Postoperative pain; Rheumatic disorders; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tendinitis; Tenosynovitis
  • Phase III Non-small cell lung cancer
  • Phase II Small cell lung cancer; Stomatitis
  • No development reported Breast cancer
  • Discontinued Alzheimer's disease; Bladder cancer; Gouty arthritis; Prostate cancer

Most Recent Events

  • 01 Mar 2022 No development reported - Phase-III for Breast cancer (Second-line therapy or greater) in United Kingdom (PO)
  • 24 Apr 2019 Pfizer completes a phase II trial in Small cell lung cancer (Late-stage disease, First-line therapy) in Slovenia (PO) (EudraCT 2012-001877)
  • 12 Apr 2019 Pfizer terminates the phase III REACT trial in Breast cancer (Second-line therapy or greater) in United Kingdom as the trial already reached its objectives, and no further data collection was needed (PO) (ISRCTN48254013)
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